HayBoo Fall Festival

We went to one of Greg's work parties a couple weekends ago. They had it at a pumpkin patch across the street for the first time. It was a great night and everyone had a good time. I love the top left picture of Brooklyn and Greg riding in the barrel. Brooklyn looks like she's waving as if she's a pro barrel train rider! Brooklyn was terrified of the goats, but had a great time playing with Isaac in the pumpkins! She was so worn out that she fell asleep in the car on the way home, which she NEVER does! Oh, and apparently that is her pumpkin patch outfit! Who knew!

We had our 4th Annual Pumpkin Carving Party last weekend. Apparently we we€€re too busy having fun to take any pictures though! This weekend we're heading down to Austin for the UT game, so hopefully we'll remember to get out the camera while we're down there!

Trip to St. Louis

Brooklyn and I went to St. Louis for the week and Greg joined us for the weekend. We had a great time visiting the zoo and the pumpkin patch and spending time with my family! The weather was perfect and it was so nice to be able to play outside without sweating to death! Brooklyn loved playing with Sammy, Grandma, Grandpa and A.J.! She still does this little dance when she sees Grandpa on Skype! So funny! Hopefully we'll get a video of it soon. She loves dancing in the morning and her repertoire of movements is growing every day. She has also been very generous with her 'courtesy laugh' as Greg calls it. And everything new gets an "ooooohhhh" now. Her top, left tooth is in and I think she's working on the next one. She loves showing all of her teeth with a goofy smile. She is the biggest ham and loves to turn on the sweet girl charm to get what she wants.

The afternoon that we returned to Dallas, we drove up to the lake for one last trip before winter. Brooklyn slept in until 10 both mornings for some reason. It was awesome! She would wake up for about 30 minutes and play and then fall back asleep for a couple more hours. I think Sammy must have worn her out! On Sunday we went out on the boat to drain the gasoline before storing it for the winter. Unfortunately Greg used up the gas so well that the boat ran out of juice about 200 yards from the dock. So Greg and Chris had to swim us in to the boat ramp in the other direction. The wind was helping a little, but they had to swim hard for about 45 minutes! Brooklyn and I just hung out in the boat taking in the views! Then Greg had to walk barefoot while carrying Brooklyn (so I could keep the boat by the shore) to the house to get the truck. He also claims that it was uphill the entire way and that most of it was gravel! So funny!

Brooklyn and I are loving the cooler weather here too! We've been on walks every day and she likes to pick up everything on the ground for me to hold. She also enjoys climbing up people's driveways and then running back down. She waves to her shadow and runs from mine when I pretend to grab her.

We have lots coming up in the next few weeks. Hopefully I'll be better about updating the blog!